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German-English Dictionary: [tower

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	NOUN	a tower \| towers
	VERB	to tower \| towered \| towered towering \| towers
	SYNO	column \| pillar \| tower \| towboat ...
	column \| pillar \| tower towboat \| tower \| tug \| tugboat to hulk \| to loom \| to predominate \| to tower © Princeton University

to bestride sb./sth. [tower over, dominate]: jdn./etw. beherrschen
to climb sth. [a mountain, a tower, etc.]: etw.^Akk. besteigen [einen Berg, einen Turm etc.]
to spring [tower etc.]: aufragen
to overlook sth. [to tower above sth.]: etw.^Akk. überragen
turret [small tower]: Türmchen {n}archi.
dungeon [in a tower]: Turm {m} [mit Verlies]hist.
belfry [siege tower]: Belagerungsturm {m}hist.mil.
ironman [Aus.] [coll.] [transmission tower]: Strommast {m}electr.
keep [fortified tower]: Wehrturm {m}archi.hist.
[Frankfurt landmark tower]: Messeturm {m}archi.
watch [tower guard]: Turmwächter {m}hist.jobs
watchman [on a tower]: Türmer {m}hist.
castell [Catalan human tower]: Castell {n} [katalanische Menschenpyramide]ethn.sports
magazine [tower for gunpowder]: Pulverturm {m}archi.hist.mil.
Narrenturm [early psychiatric hospital in Vienna, today a museum] [often glossed as "Fools' Tower"]: Narrenturm {m}archi.hist.psych.
nuraghe [large tower-shaped stone structure found in Sardinia]: Nuraghe {f}archaeo.
Ravenmaster [Tower of London]: Rabenmeister {m}jobsorn.
watchman [tower guard]: Turmwächter {m}hist.jobs
Hausmann {m} [veraltet] [Turmwächter]hist.jobs
to rise (up) [tower]: aufragen
anchor tower [also: mooring tower or mooring mast] [airship]: Ankermast {m} [Luftschiff]aviat.
anchor tower [dead-end tower]: Abspannmast {m} [Freileitungsmast]electr.
battery tower [defensive tower in a castle wall]: Batterieturm {m}archi.hist.
castle tower [palace tower]: Schlossturm {m}archi.
electricity pylon [Br.] [coll.] [transmission tower]: Strommast {m}electr.
Funkturm Berlin [Radio Tower Berlin]: Berliner Funkturm {m}archi.
graduation tower [brine graduation tower]: Gradierwerk {n}ind.
hydro tower [Can.] [coll.] [transmission tower]: Strommast {m}electr.
lookout tower [observation tower]: Aussichtsturm {m}
Montalembert tower [also: Montalembert's tower] [fortress construction]: Montalembert'scher Turm {m} [Festungsbau]archi.hist.
Montalembertscher Turm {m} [alt] [montalembertscher Turm]archi.hist.
scrubbing tower [also: tower scrubber]: Turmwäscher {m}chem.ind.
thorn house [graduation tower]: Gradierhaus {n} [bei Dorngradierung] [selten bzw. veraltet für: Gradierwerk]ind.
thorn wall [brine graduation tower]: Dorngradierung {f} [Gradierwerk]ind.
tower scrubber [also: scrubbing tower]: Turmwäscher {m}chem.ind.
Water Gate [Traitors' Gate; water gate entrance to the Tower of London]: Traitors' Gate {n}archi.hist.TrVocab.
(Lightning-Struck) Tower <XVI> [also: (lightning-struck) tower] [Tarot card]: Turm {m} <XVI> [Tarotkarte]esot.games
(the) Clock Tower [coll. or dated for: Elizabeth Tower]: Big Ben {m} [Elizabeth Tower seit 2012 (Glockenturm)]archi.travel
Ceremony of the Keys [Tower of London]: Schlüsselzeremonie {f}hist.
the Leaning Tower of Pisa [also: the Tower of Pisa]: der Schiefe Turm {m} von Pisaarchi.TrVocab.
holdfast [castle, fortress, tower]: Burg {f}gamesF

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